Beaded welting



H. LY ON BEADED WELTI Filed Oct. 1925 Patented Oct. 9, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY LYON, OF HOLBBOOK, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO PEBLEY E. IBARIBOUB,

' 0F QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. a

BEADED WEL'I'ING.

This invention relates to welting of that type which is provided with a longitudinally extending bead on its upper face constructed to engage the shoe upper. More particularly this invention relates to the construction of a relatively light Wei ht welt particularly suitable for womens shoes. A leather'welt should be composed largely 'of flesh stock to be of the required strength, but it is also desirable that its upper face he of grain stock to present the proper finish. Leather stock of the proper thickness for welting for mens shoes is better suited for the manufacture of welting for womens shoes than is the thinner grades of grain leather.

According to one form of this invention, therefore, this heavier stock is utilized to form a beaded welt of the lighter weight desirable for womens shoes by removing stock from between the upper and lower, or side faces of a rectangular welt strip-by cutting inward from the edges on either side of the material that will form the bead'portion and then bending down and fixing the surface layer on the remaining material either with or without entirely severing this surface layer from the stock. In either case the bead is formed by the stock left when the marginal portions are removed forming a solid, longitudinal core strip inte ral. with the base material, this core strip eing surfaced by'the completely or incompletely severed grain surface layer.

For a more complete understanding of this invention reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in'which Figure 1 is a cross section through the blank strip. v

Figure2 is asimilar view showing one manner in which the blank may be cut preparatory to completing thewelt.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the completed welt.

Figures 4. and 5 illustrate anothermanner of cutting the welt blank.

Figure 6 illustrates the completed welt made'up from the cutting method shown in Figures 4 and 5.

Referring to these drawings, Figure 1 shows a substantially rectangular strip of material 1 of the thickness ordinarily used for the preparation of welting for mens shoes. This strip, according to this invention, is

cut awa along each margin between its upper and ower orside faces, as shown at 3 and 4 1n Figure-2, and in its -lower face there may be formed an inseam stitch-receiving groove .5. The portions 3and 4 that are removed leave a base portion of substantially rectangular cross section 6 having between its side edges an integral longitudinal solid, upstanding rib or core portion 7 to which is integrally fixed an intermediate portion of a surfacin layer-8 of grain" stock, the core and the base ot being of flesh stock. This core 7 may be'of any desired cross section, but as shown'its outer edge 9 is substantially perpendicularto the upper and lower faces of the blank and its inner edge 10 is inclined thereto. Next the portions 11 and 12 of the surfacing layer are brou ht down over the surface of the core strip and fixed thereto and to the u per surfaces of the base portion 6 on either side thereof forming thinned edge portions and a thicker intermediate rib portion and, if desired, the base portion may be trimmed off along opposite sides substantially even with the edges 13 and 14 of this strip 8 before being sewed into a shoe as shown by dotted lines. in Figure 3.

Instead of formingxthe core strip and surface-layer inte al, t e surface layer may be entirely severe from the stock, as shown in Figure 4, to form a separate layer 20. The re maining material 21 is then cut inwardly from the edges as before,portions bein removed from one face on either side to 0m a central core portion 22 similar to the core 7 of the form first described and a stitchreceiving groove 5 may be formed in its opposite face. The surfacing layer is then reappliedto cover over the core portion 22 and the upper face of the base strip on either side thereof as shown in Figure 6. This base strip may then be trimmed'oflt' along the outer marginsof the cover stri as shown by the dotted lines in Figure, 6 to orm the completed welt.

Of course, ifdesired, a surfacing layer of upper stockor any other suitable material could be substituted for the surfacing layer 20. It is also evident that the bead could be formed at the extreme inner edge of the welt, if desired, in which case the core strip might be formed by cutting the base material away inwardly atone edge only.

Having thus described certain embodi- I ments of this invention it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications might be made therein without departing from its spirit or scope as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The method of forming a welt which comprises removing portions inwardly from the edges from a blank strip between lts side faces to leave a core stri portion between said edges and faces and xingtogether the material on opposite sides of said removed portions to form a strip having thinned edge portions and an intermediate thickened rib.-

2. The method of forming a welt which comprises removing portions inwardly from the edges from a blank strip between its side faces to leave a core strip portion between said edges and faces and fixing together the material on opposite sides of said removed portions to form a strip having thinned edge portions and an intermediate thickened rib extending along one face thereof.

3. The method of forming a welt which comprises cutting off a thin layer from one face thereof, cutting portions from the remainder along its margins to form a longifacing layer overlying and fixed to said rib and the adjacent face of said base.

' 6. A leatherwelt comprising a base portion of flesh stock having a narrow, solid rib integral with and projecting from one face thereof, and a thin surfacing layer of grain stock overlying and fixed to said rib and to the adjacent face of said base.

7. A welt strip characterized by a face having two margins in substantially the same plane and a longitudinal, solid rib projectin therebetween and integral with said face, an a surfacing layer of grain stock about said rib and extending outwardly from each side thereof.

- 8. A Welt strip characterized by a face having two margins in substantially the same plane and a longitudinal, solid rib proj ecting therebetween and integral with said face, and asurfacing layer of grain stock secured to the entire surface of said rib and to the adjacent margins of the strip.

9. The method of forming ribbed welting from rectangular Welt strips which comprises removing a portion of the stock that lies below the grain along both longitudinal margins of said strip but leaving a thicker solid rib-portion therebetween, and resurfacing said thinned margins with'a layer of grain stock.

10. The method of forming ribbed welting which comprises removing a portion of the longitudinal margin of a welt strip that lies below the rain surface thereof by a shouldercut which eaves an adjoining thicker portion, and resurfacing said thinned margin with a layer of grain stock.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

HARRY LYON. 

